Well it's taken me longer than I thought to get this chapter out of my head and up.
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Sakura was surprised at the pace the group was using. They had passed Suna on the second day. Usually it took three days to get there. Kakashi had insisted on the insane pace, claiming that it would enable the group to reach their destination in two weeks. Why he wanted to get there so fast was beyond her. At least Naruto had finally calmed down; He was the biggest complainer about the pace. Funny considering the pace he himself had insisted on when Garaa was in trouble.
'Kakashi-sensei, when can we take a break?" Whined Naruto "I'm hungry."
"We need to cover five more miles before we stop." There leader stated firmly. Sakura and Sai both sighed and smiled at the answer.
When the group arrived at their resting area, they were all shocked.
"Are you sure this is still a desert?" Sakura asked in shock. The land in front of her was very foreign. The sand dunes were turning into low hills with vegetation. It still was hot like the dunes but not at all desolate.
"This is the beginning of the arid desert." Kakashi stated. "The ground will be harder and easier to run on. We will make it in five days, so sleep now."
"Kakashi if we are that close, can we slow down a little?" Sakura then tried to be coy and cute as possible.
"... If we slow down it will take nine days." He looked solemn. "We need to get there as soon as possible to catch up."
"Catch up?" coursed Naruto and Sakura.
"Yes, catch up." Kakashi twitched. "I'm too far behind right now."
"Too far behind, on what?" Ask Sai, He just now became interested in this whole thing.
"You'll see soon enough."
"OHHHH AHHHHHHHH!!!! Why can't you just tell us?" Naruto screamed.
"I won't talk about it out side of the Hokage's office, or the town we are headed to." The older man snapped.
"Alright, alright, you don't have to get all snappy like the TEME used to I mean TSH."
"Then stop asking stupid complaining questions." The group made camp overnight, much to everyone's surprise, and set out the next morning at the same pace. Most everyone was happy to have more than three hours of sleep.
Further down the road.
Kyoto and Kiyoshi were beyond excited. They counted the days, and now it was getting close. They began getting up at dawn, and waiting at the village border towards the direction in which their father would come. When it was close to class time they would trudge to school, only to swiftly run out after to stay in the same spot until midnight. Mick was upset, after all they were consistently 5 min late to class, and then would sneak out 5 min early. A few times he had caught them, and punished the whole class; it didn't faze any one at all.
To make matters worse in Mick's opinion, after the twins had done this for three days, the original villagers of the class became just as restless.
"So it's been five days since you said your dad was coming." Whispered Greg "He usually is here by now."
"Yep" Drawled Kiyoshi "Mom said that he was bringing other people, they should be here soon,"
"Do you think he will show us some of his cool moves?" Greg asked eagerly.
"Don't know we'll ask." Kyoto stated. "Maybe he will wipe the floor with Mick."
Class had ended for the day. Kyoto and Kiyoshi were tired of waiting at the border. They decided to bother there Mother for an hour they begged and begged to go out further. Finally, Akira gave in; she packed a small dinner and left Toyo with his Grandfather. Then she took the twins and began to walk east at a leisurely pace.
"Now remember, we're only going to walk for 2 hours, and then turn around." Akira stated calmly and firmly. "I don't want to leave your little brother and Grandfather alone for too long."
"OH, COME ON, MOM!!" Kyoto waved here hands around. "We haven't seen Dad in years."
"I know that hunny."
"So let's just keep going until we find them." Kiyoshi stated plainly.
Sigh "Kiddos you know that Kashi will be working hard to get here. Besides he has extra people with him, they have never been here." Akira smiled patiently. "That will always put some kinks in travel, have some patience."
The small group had walked for an hour and a half. A figure was seen rising over a hill on the horizon. After the figure was halfway materialized, three others began to come up out of the ground. Immediately the twins recognized the first one and ran up the hill.
On the other side.
Kakashi stared dully at the ground in front of him, as He and the team walked up and over the hill. They should have been there yesterday afternoon, but now they were going way to slow and were a day and a half behind. He was upset, No furious, at Naruto. He had to struggle and cause Sakura to twist her ankle. After that none of the others wanted to continue the pace. They all insisted on slowing down.
"Hey dad, hey dad your finally here." Kiyoshi yelled out.
Instantly Kakashi looked up and down the hill. Two kids were running up the hill waving there arms. He hardly recognized them. His wife he did though, she had just started up the hill with a large smile on her face.
"Kakashi-sensei, did that kid just call you DAD?" He vaguely heard Sakura ask.
The twins had reached the top of the hill and stopped at attention in front of him. He couldn't believe his eyes. The kids were twice the size they were on his last visit.
"So, dad, did mom tell you about our surprise?" Kyoto asked mischievously.
"Only that you have one." Kakashi stated. "It makes me nervous just thinking about it."
Both children branded an evil mischievous grin at his answer.
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I'm sorry it took me so long to update. I have not had much time to be creative. Also I was not sure if this chapter was done or not. I hope to have the next one up sooner.